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HEALTH / NEWS Fri Dec 4, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Researchers are dissecting Henry Molaison's brain to figure out what caused the amnesia he suffered for more than 50 years -- and they're streaming it live on the Web... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 13, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Michelle Mack has turned medical thinking upside down. Born with only half a brain, Mack can speak normally, graduated from high school and has an uncanny knack for dates. At 27, doctors determined that the right side of her brain had essentially rewired itself to make up for function that was likely lost during pre-birth stroke. But her childhood and young adult years were fraught with frustration... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Jul 10, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 4:15pm neoform

FOX News -- A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, w.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 10:19pm neoform

BBC News -- Mental stimulation and drug treatment could help people with degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's recover their memories, a study says. Scientists found mice with a similar condition to Alzheimer's were able to regain memories of tasks they.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 8:27pm neoform

Science Daily -- A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco. Known as a glioma, this cancerous tum.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Mar 18, 2007 @ 7:38pm neoform

New Scientist -- Cannabis extracts may shrink brain tumours and other cancers by blocking the growth of the blood vessels which feed them, suggests a new study. An active component of the street drug has previously been shown to improve brain tumours in rats. But now M.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Mar 13, 2007 @ 3:42pm neoform

CNN -- Exercise boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss, U.S. researchers reported Monday. Tests on mice showed they grew new brain cells in a brain region called the dentate gyrus, a part of the hipp.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Feb 11, 2007 @ 3:05am neoform

BBC News -- Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study has suggested. The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories. The resea.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Jan 19, 2007 @ 10:58am neoform

Independent -- Folic acid, the vitamin prescribed to pregnant women, could be a brain saver, a study has found... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 12:45am neoform

New York Times -- “I always prep my own patients,” Dr. David J. Langer said. “It relaxes me.”.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 12:38pm mrmdc

Physorg -- Research at the University of Liverpool has found that Shakespearean language excites positive brain activity, adding further drama to the bard's plays and poetry... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 3:13pm mrmdc

Forbes -- Fans of abstinence had better be sitting down. "Saving yourself" before the big game, the big business deal, the big hoedown or the big bakeoff may indeed confer some moral benefit. But corporeally it does absolutely zip. There's no evidence it sharpen.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Mar 4, 2010 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- Karen Vaneman got a form of brain cancer that most doctors will tell you is invariably fatal. Today, she's beating the odds -- with the help of an experimental vaccine. How many others will benefit?.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Feb 22, 2010 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- When mothers speak to children, it's often in a singsong tone. That's no coincidence, scientists say, given that music and language are so intricately linked in the brain... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 2, 2010 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- An obsession with one or more bodily features, normally in the face, indicates a condition called body dysmorphic disorder. A new study shows people with this condition have abnormal brain function when seeing their own face... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Dec 30, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- Ginkgo biloba has failed -- again -- to live up to its reputation for boosting memory and brain function. Just over a year after a study showed that the herb doesn't prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study from the same team of researchers has found no evidence that ginkgo reduces the normal cognitive decline that comes with aging... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Dec 9, 2009 @ 3:03pm neoform

CNN -- Psychological trauma isn't just mental, it may leave a visible trace in a child's brain. A new study found that kids with symptoms of PTSD had poor function of the part of the brain that stores and retrieves memories... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Sep 25, 2009 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- Alcohol, a drug that is a major cause of accidents, may actually protect the brain from a life-threatening injury when an accident does occur, according to a study published this week in Archives of Surgery... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Sep 9, 2009 @ 3:04pm neoform

CNN -- Can't find your keys ... again? Whether your momentary memory loss is linked to doing too many things at once or just a bad case of menopausal brain fog, you don't have to put up with it... Read More